Cal Lutheran University, Entrepreneur Speaker Series, With Greg Monterrosa

Greg Monterrosa

After helping to organize the first Startup Weekend Conejo Valley, Greg Monterrosa embarked on an entrepreneurial journey of discovery in France and the United Kingdom.

 In four months, he mentored at Startup Weekend Paris Makers Edition, Startup Weekend Bourdoux, and Startup Weekend Lyon. He visited 24 co-work spaces, 15 startup accelerators, and 10 venture capitalists, mentoring more than 100 start-up's along the way. Greg shared with us the highlights of his trip, what he learned about entrepreneurship in Europe, and what European entrepreneurs think about California startup communities. We hope you enjoy the video.

About Greg Greg is a co-founder of MyLLC.com. He also is a dedicated Conejo Valley startup community volunteer, having participated in the first Conejo Valley Startup Weekend and the Startup Conejo Valley Hackathon.

My Google London Campus Visit

I recently had the pleasure to checking out Google's London Campus, Google's space for entrepreneurs in Shoreditch, London. What a great space! Here you have access to programs like: a 10 week pre-accelerator program, Campus Exchange, industry connect, UX design, Campus for Mums, weekly mentoring, founders yoga and

Greg Monterrosa featured in Success Magazine

Serial Entrepreneur, Greg Monterrosa  was featured in the January 2013 issue of Success Magazine. SUCCESS Magazine is your leading source for news and information for the entrepreneur, small business, and home-based business owner. Visit http://www.success.com/

Greg Monterrosa is the founder of MyLLC.com, DGPWorld.com, EV Charge Search, and The Conejo Valley Business Group.

Greg Monterrosa in Success Magazine

Greg Monterrosa in Success Magazine

MyLLC.com Joins Forces with Startup America Partnership

MyLLC.com, the nation’s leading document filing and business entity formation company specializing in LLC and Corporation formations in all 50 states, is proud to announce their alliance with the Startup America Partnership.

MyLLC.com

Start Up America Partnership

MyLLC.com, which has long been renowned for its education-based platform, intends to assist the Startup America Partnership through offering free advice, and discounts on business filings and business structuring to emerging and existing entrepreneurs from coast to coast.

Along with some of the world’s largest corporations such as Microsoft, HP, Cisco and Google, and non-profits including the National Center for Women & Information Technology and The National Venture Capital Association, MyLLC.com will serve as a valuable supplemental resource for entrepreneurs from the earliest stage of business development. “Since our inception, it has been our primary mission to educate entrepreneurs about the critical need for proper structuring and filing of their businesses, in order to ensure that their startups, their visions, and their labors of love are strategically and thoroughly protected,” says Greg Monterrosa, Vice President of MyLLC.com.

The Startup America Partnership, launched on January 31, 2011 with initial launch funds from the Case Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, was conceived as a means to encourage and support the innovation of American entrepreneurs. The Partnership will work hand in hand with the White House to contribute funds, develop new programs, and assist entrepreneurs as part of President Obama’s strategy to stimulate economic growth by creating quality jobs.

“MyLLC.com is thrilled to be a part of the Startup America Partnership,” says Monterrosa. “As a rule, MyLLC.com never misses an opportunity to promote high-growth entrepreneurship across the country. We know that every business in the world started with one person’s vision -- just one idea. It is our obligation as an educational company to ensure that the visionaries behind these ideas are well-informed about the proper formation and structuring of their companies so that they remain sustainable and continue to create jobs well into the future,” he adds.

In addition to its new alliance with the Startup America Partnership, MyLLC.com’s founder Jennifer Reuting is the author of the best-selling book Limited Liability Companies for Dummies™, now in its second edition. MyLLC.com also has partnerships with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and works in conjunction with the University of Southern California’s E-Club to help educate emerging entrepreneurs.


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About MyLLC.com: MyLLC.com®, the authors of Limited Liability Companies for Dummies™ offers customers: complete entity formation, entity dissolutions/withdrawals, foreign qualifications, corporate compliance, free name checks, trademark searches and registrations,, registered agent services, and corporate supplies such as corporate kits, stock certificates and embossing seals. These services are available in all 50 States as well as the District of Columbia. For more information visit http://www.myllc.com/ or call 888.886.9552.



The Startup America Partnership is a movement - by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs - to help inspire and celebrate entrepreneurs, their firms and the people that join them. Launched January 31st at the White House in response to President Obama’s call to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation, the Partnership is bringing together an alliance of major corporations, funders, service providers, mentors and advisors working to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of high-growth enterprises in the U.S. AOL co-founder Steve Case chairs the partnership and the Kauffman and Case Foundations are founding partners, providing initial funding and strategic guidance. For more information on the Partnership, visit http://www.startupamericapartnership.org/ and follow at www.twitter.com/startupamerica and www.facebook.com/startupamerica.

Learn How to Protect Your Creative Assets at SXSW, March 11-20, 2011

Los Angeles, CA, January 28, 2011 --(PR.com)-- MyLLC.com makes its exhibition debut at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival held in Austin Texas, March 11-20, 2011. The week-long music, film and interactive festival is one of the nation’s premier festivals paying homage to and supporting artists, musicians, interactive media and filmmakers from around the globe.




"In it's 25th year, SXSW brings many exciting changes, from the united SXSW Trade Show: The Exhibition for the Creative Industries, to new exhibitions such as Style X and SXSW edu, and expanded programming across each conference. The festival is experiencing healthy growth and 2011 promises to be one of our most ambitious years to date,” says Morgan Catalina, trade show spokesperson.



On hand at MyLLC.com’s booth will be bestselling author of Limited Liability Companies For Dummies, and nationally recognized business filing and corporate structuring expert, Jennifer Reuting. She will be joined by fellow bestseller Matthew Lesko, author of Free Money for Entrepreneurs and How To Write and Get a Grant. In addition to being able to speak with these experts, visitors to MyLLC.com’s booth will be invited to form LLCs and Corporations in all fifty states, right at the company’s booth.



The decision to exhibit at this year’s SXSW® festival just made sense, according to Vice President of MyLLC.com Greg Monterrosa. “MyLLC.com has a long history of helping artists, musicians and filmmakers to protect their endeavors through the proper structuring of their LLCs and Corporations. As an industry leader in business formations, we know all too well that artists and musicians can often find themselves short-changed if they don’t properly protect their work. That’s why this year, in addition to educating independent filmmakers on the need for proper structuring of their films at IndieCon, and appearing at the ShowBizExpo, we selected South By Southwest as a prime opportunity to educate today’s artistic, entrepreneurial community.”



Reuting echoes Monterrosa’s sentiments: “MyLLC.com is a company comprised of music and film fanatics and tech gurus, which is why we’re so thrilled to be an exhibitor at South By Southwest this year. Since we've chosen to specialize in this field, we're now in a unique position to help the companies that are shaping our future. Now that's something worth going to work for! We couldn’t be more thrilled to be able to participate in this year’s South By Southwest Festival. It is our objective to help the incredibly talented visionaries attending the festival to protect their work in the coming years.”



MyLLC’s booth will be located in the Austin Convention Center. The trade show is now open four days for all SXSW registrants. The company will be updating live from the festival via Twitter at Twitter.com/MyLLC .



Be sure to "Like" & "Retweet" this feature BloomBerg TV did on MyLLC http://www.bloomberg.com/video/65005298/

Conejo Valley Business Mixer at Yogaworks in Westlake Village

We had the pleasure of having The Bubble Magazine  last mixer. Check out the awesome footage they put together. Thanks for coming out! This latest mixer took place at Yogaworks in Westlake Village, for information on their studio you can call Wendy at (805) 371-3030.  You can join our group by going to Facebook.com/ConejoValley

MyLLC at IndieCon

A few months ago we had the pleasure of being a part of IndieCon Here is a video of Limited Liability Companies for Dummies author Jennifer Reuting.

Fast Company Magazine ranked Greg Monterrosa as one of the most influential people online

Fast Company Magazine ranked Greg Monterrosa as one of the most influential people online through their Influence Project This experiment was designed to see who had the largest overall reach. Influence was not only about having the most friends or followers. Real influence is about being able to affect the behavior of those you interact with, to get others in your social network to act on a suggestion or recommendation. When you post a link or recommend a site, how many people actually bother to check it out? And what's the likelihood of those people then forwarding it on? How far does your influence spread?

Forming an LLC

Greg Monterrosa of MyLLC.com goes over Limited Liability Companies.

Protect Your Film With An LLC

MyLLC.com - Before You Call “Action!” -- Take Action And Protect Your Film With An LLC

Have a great script or idea you need to put into action? Ever wonder what steps you need to take to start a film production? The authors of Limited Liability Companies for Dummies , MyLLC.com wrote an article that walks you through the process. Making sure your film project is properly structured is very important. Especially when it comes time to raising capital or hiring a production crew.

This article walks you through the importance of a Limited Liability Company ( LLC) when it comes time to pitch your ideas to investors. Its allot easier for investors to invest in an entity like a Limited Liability Company rather that a sole proprietorship. You will also learn the tax benefits with operating this way. Lets not forget the liability protection. Most filmmakers have several project under them that need to protected each other from each other.

There are also several options when it comes time to select what state you are going to file your Limited Liability Company ( LLC) out of. When you film in certain states you may also need to foreign qualify in that state. Once you are done in that state you may need to withdraw from that state. This article makes it really easy and simple to understand the business end of the entertainment industry.

If any questions come up you can always speak to an expert at MyLLC at 888 886 9552. There is also a live chat option on the homepage.

For the complete article visit www.myllc.com/film-production-llc.aspx

MyLLC at the Perfect Business Summit 2010

Here is Jennifer Reuting and Greg Monterrosa being interviewed in front the of MyLLC.com booth at the Perfect Business Summit 2010.

Incorporating your Equestrian business

Author: Greg Monterrosa

If you're operating your Equestrian business as a sole proprietor or general partnership you need to know you are operating in the most dangerous forms of business. Operating this way opens you up to liability, meaning, you are entirely and personally responsible for the actions of your company.

It only becomes scarier if you have partners, then not only are you responsible for your actions but theirs as well. If your partner gets sued personally his or her share of the assets can be taken away. Welcome your new business partners!

"I recently incorporated my business". Says Malibu Horses, Inc. instructor Inge Halliday. "Working with horses and clients really opens me up to liabilities above my insurance coverage. It also helps attracts clients, by operating as a corporation they see I am serious about my business, and its success. A successful business in turn means allot of educated and well trained clients and happy horses".

So what can you do to protect yourself? Operating as a corporation or a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a safe way to protect your assets. With these types of entities you have what's referred to a corporate veil, this prevents the members/Shareholders from being personally liable from debts or other obligations the corporation or LLC enter into. For this to take place you need to follow your formalities.

When selecting the state for incorporate or form your Limited Liability Company(LLC) most equine professionals incorporate in the state they conduct business out of. If you ever plan on conducting business in a different state check with the Secretary of States office to see if you need to foreign qualify to do business there.

Operating as a separate entity can also give you added tax benefits, such as depreciation of your horses or other business assets, as well as pass through taxation (with LLCs). And the ability to easily add partners or investors.

So when is the right time to incorporate or form your LLC? Now! Everyday you operate as a sole proprietor you are risking your family's house, savings, trucks, animals and any other assets you may own or plan to own.

There are several ways you can incorporate your business. You can speak with a lawyer that can help you get everything filed, you can do it yourself or you can choose to use a service company like MyLLC.com aside from working with start ups and entrepreneurs they also wrote the book Limited Liability Companies for Dummies ®.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/equestrian-articles/incorporating-your-equestrian-business-3064201.html

About the Author

Greg Monterrosa has worked with thousands of start ups and entrepreneurs. You can follow him on twitter @GregMetro or catch up on his blog at www.StartupWorld.Blogspot.com

MyLLC.com is proud to sponser The Perfect Pitch 2010.

OPEN CALL TO ENTREPRENEURS

Pitch submissions are now being accepted for The Perfect Pitch 2010.

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If you are seeking capital or strategic partners for your business, this competition will provide powerful introductions, media exposure and a chance to change the trajectory of your business.

More than 100 angel and venture capital investors are participating as judges.
These investors represent more than $10 Billion in capital.

Judges will select the best entrepreneurs in these categories:
• Startup Businesses
• Established Businesses
•Students (college/university)

The Top 3 in each category will win airfare, hotel, limo, prizes and VIP tickets to PerfectBusiness Summit 2010.

Qualifying as a finalist in The Perfect Pitch 2010 can change your business forever:
INVESTORS
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
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Our 2010 conference has grown dramatically. This will be a massive two-day event in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino on October 7 - 8.

More than 60 powerful speakers will be participating, including:


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Legendary Founder of Hard Rock Cafe & House of Blues
Isaac Tigrett founded and built two of the world's most recognizable brands - Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues.


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Owner of Palms Casino & NBA's Sacramento Kings
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Whether you are seeking capital, business partners, knowledge or inspiration, I truly hope you will join us for two amazing days in Las Vegas.

Delivering Happiness. A path to Profits, Passion and Purpose

Very few books captivate me this one did. I was really able to identify with what Tony Hsieh was saying. It was reassurance that my biggest asset is your pipeline, and customer and employee happiness is everything. It showed me that all of my goals compared to other peoples, share one thing in common, these goals are set for the ultimate purpose of happiness.

If you run a company and want to understand how today’s companies operate do yourself, your staff and your customers a favor and read Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

thank you Tony for putting together a very powerful book.

My Board of Directors

I feel in our life we all need a board of directors. Mine is composed of friends, business associates, and people like TD Jakes..

Do you..

this is one of my favorite books of all time. Its well written and inspiring. Do you buddy..

Don't Be a Wuss

In tough times, its the boldly innovative companies that are most likely to thrive. -Doug Hall


I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where its been. -Wayne Gretzky

Twitter Auto Pilot

I sat in a meeting this morning where the term twitter auto pilot came to play. Got me wonder if this would work for affiliate marketing, and how this would affect social sites being bombarded with spam. I found a site called The Twitter Traffic Machine but the homepage didnt offer much information unless you pay. I'm going to write some code and see what happens. I'll keep everyone posted.

you can follow me on twitter @ www.Twitter.com/Gregmetro

life

is a beautiful thing when we do what we love.

The Circus

If the circus is coming to town and you paint a sign saying “Circus Coming to the Fairground Saturday”, that’s advertising.

If you put the sign on the back of an elephant and walk it into town, that’s promotion.

If the elephant walks through the mayor’s flower bed, that’s publicity.

And if you get the mayor to laugh about it, that’s public relations.

If the town’s citizens go the circus, you show them the many entertainment booths, explain how much fun they’ll have spending money at the booths, answer their questions and ultimately, they spend a lot at the circus, that’s sales.

And, if you planned the whole thing, that’s Marketing.